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A skunk? Well then that's a whole different story. Never mind, carry on. I'm still interested in the black bars.
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A skunk? Well then that's a whole different story. Never mind, carry on. I'm still interested in the black bars.
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Well me being me I haven't kept everyone up to speed here so here goes. I am still waiting to get my painted parts back. I took the calipers aprt and cleaned them because I was bored, and painted them . Got those done and back on the bike. I had pods on the bike , and I hate pods, so I decided to put the stock airbox back on with a K&N filter in it, changed the jetting a little [ dropped from 122.5's to 117.5's ] . I took the bike out with the tank and seat from the other Skunk , Just because I was getting itchy, and I could. [ Oh and it is all registered and insured as of this afternoon ]. I rode it about 25-30 miles and it runs and goes great, except it smokes like hell on start up cold. I did a compression test and it has good compression so it must be valve seals or an oil ring. The bike is very smooth and pulls awesome.It handles like unbelievable, no problem dragging a knee on this thing.Having modern tires and brakes are a great feeling. I got very comfortable very fast . Now I need to buy new tires as it will be very easy to out ride these. I think I hit the jetting very close to where I need to be. I am going to ride it for a few hundred miles and see if the smoking clears up any. The bike hadn't been on the road in 21 years so who knows but I have my doubts . So that's my update. and when I get the paint back I'll post some finished product pictures. Of what can be built with a bigazz pile of parts and " RoadKill"
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Well it is finally coming to an end "Roadkill" is all most complete, the painted parts are back and have been installed on the bike. As of now I am still running it to see if it will clear up on smoking , it has gotten alot better so maybe it will come to.So here are some pics as promised;
One of the tank the day I picked it up;
the bike as it is now;
Now I hope to be able to just ride this thing for awhile instead of working on it. I should be able to unless I have to do the top end, as everything else is new on the bike short of new rubber.
One of the tank the day I picked it up;
the bike as it is now;
Now I hope to be able to just ride this thing for awhile instead of working on it. I should be able to unless I have to do the top end, as everything else is new on the bike short of new rubber.
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that looks great man, im the one you sent me a link to this build in my thread. mine is a "skunk" too however my paint is cherry. actually the whole bike is in pretty amazing shape. 15k on the odo. only cosmetic isssue is the side covers need polished up. but any who, your build is very close to what i am going for. im trying to keep from hacking it up too much b/c its got some sentimental value as my dad gave it to me and weve spent alot of time together working on and riding this bike (hes got quite the collection of vintage bikes)
i have some questions for ya.
i plan on going with an 1100 aluminium swing arm to keep from doing so much fab work. i want to be able to run a 170 tire. what wheel will will i be able to get some modern brakes on and inolve the least fab work to the swing arm.
will i need to do a chain conversion and will i need to space out the front sprocket or notch the frame. im trying to keep away from hacking up the frame at all.
will i be able to use stock foot peg mounts?
will i need to remove rear footpegs for clearance or anything?
so on the front end these bandit forks... im a big guy and need a stiffer feel and really dont like these air forks on it. i also want to be able to go with some good modern brakes. if the bandit front end has good brakes on it i would be fine with running them. if i can revalve the bandit fronts to get the feel i need i am ok with that. i really like racetech stuff.
sorry for all the questions, im new to modifying street bikes. ive been a bike mechanic a few times at shops but that just involved more maintence stuff. ive spent more time deep inside of dirt bikes than anything.
looking forward to some feedback
i have some questions for ya.
i plan on going with an 1100 aluminium swing arm to keep from doing so much fab work. i want to be able to run a 170 tire. what wheel will will i be able to get some modern brakes on and inolve the least fab work to the swing arm.
will i need to do a chain conversion and will i need to space out the front sprocket or notch the frame. im trying to keep away from hacking up the frame at all.
will i be able to use stock foot peg mounts?
will i need to remove rear footpegs for clearance or anything?
so on the front end these bandit forks... im a big guy and need a stiffer feel and really dont like these air forks on it. i also want to be able to go with some good modern brakes. if the bandit front end has good brakes on it i would be fine with running them. if i can revalve the bandit fronts to get the feel i need i am ok with that. i really like racetech stuff.
sorry for all the questions, im new to modifying street bikes. ive been a bike mechanic a few times at shops but that just involved more maintence stuff. ive spent more time deep inside of dirt bikes than anything.
looking forward to some feedback
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